He should be given props. It must have been extraordinarily difficult to arrange the circumstances by which he was able to violate every single provision of Article I of the Constitution in a single career.

I refer disgruntled citizens to "Patriot Games" wherein Jack Ryan is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for saving the royal successors from death at the hands of IRA terrorists.

(Aside: Doesn't the IRA seem quaint and almost laughable, in terms of current terrorist groups?)

This later made Jack Ryan the first US VP and, minutes later, the first US President, to be a member of the British aristocracy.

And I've heard otherwise reasonable people say that Tom Clancy has no real humor in his books.

Don't forget that Teddy now joins ranks populated by such interesting folks as Elton John. A knighthood used to mean something; now one will get you a warm beer if you have a few pounds on you as well.

Yeah Tam, this really burns my ass too. How in the hell can anyone even consider knighting a fat drunken coward that allowed his girl friend to drowned in a car he drove in the river while he runs home to mommy?

This shows you what kind of folks the Brits idolize. We beat the dogshit out of the Brits and sent them packing 230+ years ago because we didn't like the way they did things.